I myself have never found any of these supposed statements made by USC, just Dustin's crew saying that he said them on myspace, etc. The only thing I can find is his blog on starwars.com.
The direct quotes were posted in Dustin's campaign thread and the USCwannabe thread at RS. Then that Star Wars internet radio show (I forget what the name is) interviewed both candidates, and the USCWannabe guy explained why he told everyone to get a life. I listened to the whole thing and he came across really poorly. It's not propaganda, it's straight from the horses's mouth (or the horses's ass). That guy told everyone to get a life, cussed out anyone who had a problem with him....and seemed like he wanted to win the election so he could get some movie industry contacts.
Great for him, but it didn't endear him to me much. I'm not saying Dustin's underlying reasons were that much better, but ultimately...yes....I think he deserved to win more. Sue me.
In the national political arena the little guy has no chance, and I consider that somewhat of a crime... only the well connected have any prayer of getting into the race - to represent the people who aren't well connected, whether they're the best for the job or not.
I absolutely agree, however...this was never an election. It was a magazine sales drive, and whoever sold the most subscriptions won. It wasn't based on merit, speeches, issues, or anything. It was how many people you could get to buy something.
Dustin did that quite well.....and for the life of me, I have no idea how USCwannabe even competed with the juggernaut of resources behind Dustin. The real issue here is it looks like he sold more magazines than Dustin, yet somehow got himself disqualified from winning the prize.
How did he cheat?
What did he do?
I REALLY want to know.
I still don't see how people can find it within themselves to defend that site knowing all the bull**** that goes on there. It is one big slap in the face.
It's just never been a personal thing for me. They've never done me wrong. Yes, they've banned some of my friends and I think those actions suck (I also think the community at large is worse off for that), but think of Rebelscum as a restaurant. In fact, think of them as the infamous "Soup Kitchen" restaurant in New York.
Several of you guys once agreed that they had the best soup in town. You used to go there every week. Now, some folks either broke the rules in the soup store or pissed off the Soup Nazi, and got themselves banned. Yeah, it sucks cause you're my friends....but darnit, I still want my jambalaya.
As soon as there's another site that matches the resources of RS, I'll abandon that place and go where my friends all went....but it just hasn't happened, so I just can't join the hater brigade.